Wait. EVERYONE WAIT. This is purely SEGA of Europe's doing. I have seen NO MENTION of SEGA of America or SEGA of Japan. Maybe we should ask SEGA of America NICELY if they gave their consent to SEGA of Europe. If they did then...WAR.

GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF EUROPE

Let me repeat the frenchman: GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF
JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of
Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF
EUROPE

Silly Sega, there's no law on the internet. This reminds me of when CTW tried to tell i-mockery to take down the review of the hacked rom of that sesame street game.. lol. Empty threats are not to be paid attention to ^_^

Quote: "GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF
JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of
Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF
EUROPE"
Most campanies that have regional devisions know better than to go against thier own company. Most executives worth thier salt will not, nor will ever, argue with decisions made by another branch of the company less they want to get fired.

"GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF
SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA
of America and SEGA of Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then
ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF EUROPE"

"Most campanies that have regional devisions know better than to go
against thier own company. Most executives worth thier salt will not, nor will ever,
argue with decisions made by another branch of the company less they want to get
fired."
They wouldn't exactly be going against them, they'd just have nothing to do with it...

"GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF
JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of
Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF
EUROPE"

"Theywouldn't exactly be going against them, they'd just have nothing to do with it..."
True, however the origional person I quoted stated getting SEGA of Japan or America involved as well. That'd only result in either branch supporting Europe's decision. I'm merely replying to the idea he/she seems to be spamming :)

Why SEGA-Europe, sent from UK, and not SEGA-USA ? ... That's the whole point, baby. Different laws. (from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5230776.stm): "Under the law in countries such as Canada, the UK, and Australia, intermediaries can face potential liability for failing to remove allegedly defamatory content once they have received notification of such a claim, even without court oversight. " (con't)

"Indeed, several recent cases in the UK and Australia involving Dow Jones, a US publisher, have sent a strong message that intermediaries ignore defamation claims at their peril. [T]he United States enacted a law 10 years ago that provides broad immunity for intermediaries that host third-party content. That provision has since been used dozens of times to immunize ISPs, large companies such as Amazon.com, and small websites who could ill-afford to fight legal challenges. " ...

Now, check THIS out: "The Supreme Court of Canada has set a high threshold to determine when a party 'authorises' infringement. Merely hosting content, even after being made aware of an unproven infringement allegation, is unlikely to meet that standard." ... Possible solution, then: host YTMND server in Canada, enjoy the sweet maple syrup of freedom.

So the US Government is protecting YTMND from The European SEGA Imperials?
"First Amendment Rights? This isn't the United States. 1'd."
YTMND is based in the United States and I'm pretty sure Max is a US Citizin.

this was not a good move by sega at all, as DZK said were one of the only resons people still know about sonic, not only are they takeing popularity form their franchise, but they now have anentire internet commuity of almost 400,000 that now hate them, SGEA SUX

Here's another thing: the audio and image are from one of the cartoon series, either "Sonic the Hedgehog" or "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog." Both were produced and are owned by DiC Entertainment (founded in Luxembourg, lol) but HQ'd in California. Isn't this more THEIR interest, anyway ?

Wow. Usually I can't stand rap (still can't) but I think that was very well written. Also, I kind of feel sorry for Max sometimes. We make fun of stuff and he has to take all the crap from chode-lawyers and crazy radical psuedo-religious chode-scientologists or whatever. :(

"What's wrong with it being hosted in the US where it has the same freedoms? " ... What I took from that article is that Canadian law sets a higher threshold of responsibility of "intermediary" sites like YTMND for their hosted content, so less hassle from The Man - I'm kind of being tounge-in-cheek in suggesting a server hosted in Canada, but who knows...

i dont think they can really sue us becasue we really didnt post anything that was a lie they said that stuff maybe we worded it a little differntly. I have a great sonic ytmnd that I might post but afraid i might get introuble

Sega still exists...and are still making Sonic games!?!? Good Lord, Europe must still be in the gaming Dark Ages of Dreamcast. Sega should quit bitching and start working on something original to save their asses in the gaming industry.